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averse (iou)



averse adjective (usu. pred.) & adverb. L16.
[Latin aversus pa. pple of avertere AVERT.]
A. adjective.
Turned away in thought or feeling; opposed, disinclined. (Foll. by from, to.) L16.
Bible (AV): Micah 2:8 As men auerse from warre. E. M. Forster Averse to wasting her time, she went on sewing. J. Galsworthy She was ever silent, passive, gracefully averse. B. Pym He wasn't averse to a bit of a rest.
Of things: adverse. Only in 17.
Hobbes What Opinions and Doctrines are averse, and what conducing to Peace.
Lying on the opposite side. rare. Only in M17.
Milton On the Coast averse From entrance or cherubic watch..Found unsuspected way.
Turned away or in the reverse direction. L17-E18.
Dryden The tracks averse a lying notice gave.
B. adverb. In the reverse or opposite direction. E17-E19.
E. Topsell The hair groweth averse..forward toward his head.
aversely adverb M17.
averseness noun E17.